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Letters
December 27, 2019
A Christmas tree sits on a dock in the snow at White Bear Lake in Minnesota on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015. (Jeff Wheeler/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)

Readers Write: Climate change, Second Amendment, Collin Peterson, Gophers sports

My grown-up Christmas list.
Letters
December 27, 2019
Evan Dahl, 5, of St. Paul, held a candle while sitting with his family as the congregation sang Night of Silence/ Silent Night during a Christmas Eve

Readers Write: Hopes for a better world, John Kass and 'the resistance, Hanukkah, 'Star Wars' lessons

We must come together for peace.
Letters
December 27, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds the gavel as House members vote on article II of impeachment against President Donald Trump, Wednesday, De

Readers Write: Impeachment, dogs that poop and pee where owners shouldn't let them be

'Sturm und Drang' applies.
Letters
December 27, 2019
Continuous line drawing of tree on white background. Vector illustration

Readers Write: Capitalism, gun laws, editorial cartoons, Drake Hotel fire, Metro Transit, Collin Peterson, plastic bags

Our "luck" is running out.
Letters
December 27, 2019
Briella Jones 5, who lived in the Francis Drake Hotel apartments with her family, holds donated Christmas presents on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019, in Min

Readers Write: Homelessness and the Drake fire, political integrity, forestry in Minnesota, the border wall

Will this be the tipping point?
Letters
December 27, 2019
FILE - City of St. Paul plow trucks make their way down Western Avenue in January 2018. ORG XMIT: MIN1801221649481748

Readers Write: St. Paul snow removal, Sports 'Decade in Review,' terrorism, capitalism, Nora McInerny

What about local government aid?
Letters
December 20, 2019
A proposed market site in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood where the city wants to build the mall is now a large parking lot behind some thriving busi

Readers Write: Development in Cedar-Riverside, impeachment and removal, world leaders

Get Cedar-Riverside's input before building a mall there.
Letters
December 20, 2019
Eddie Ryshavy contributed a number of Star Tribune Opinion essays and letters to the editor over the years. He died Dec. 4 from complications of pancr

Readers Write: Civil dialogue, the '1619 Project' and Katherine Kersten, life expectancy in the U.S.

The example of my grandpa, Eddie Ryshavy.
Letters
December 20, 2019
Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies at a Senate committee on FISA investigation hearing, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, on C

Readers Write: Report on the FBI, the federal spending bill, gun legislation, homelessness

Leave impeachment be for a second, and consider the FBI's misdeeds.
Letters
December 19, 2019
A person, left, stands at the base of the Washington Monument, left, as the U.S. Capitol building gives backdrops to U.S. flags before sunrise on Capi

Readers Write: Impeachment of President Trump, wintertime

Beware of Trump's habit of lies.
Letters
December 18, 2019
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) leaves a news conference at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. Backing impeachment of

Readers Write: Impeachment, climate-friendly farming, former President Barack Obama, the late John Borger

Consider the facts, senators.
Letters
December 17, 2019
People shout slogans during a march organized by the Fridays for Future international movement of school students outside of the COP25 climate talks c

Readers Write: Climate change action, University of Minnesota salaries, school districts, Minneapolis City Council

While the world stalls on addressing climate, the U.S. can act.
Letters
December 16, 2019
The International Institute of Minnesota, a refugee resettlement agency in St. Paul, is celebrating its centennial this week. On Tuesday, 126 new immi

Readers Write: Refugee resettlement in Minnesota, impeachment, Minneapolis City Council

Minnesota still welcomes the stranger, even if Trump does not.
Letters
December 13, 2019
Grass fed beef from Wisconsin hung in the cooler at Lorentz Meats. ] LEILA NAVIDI • leila.navidi@startribune.com BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Meat b

Readers Write: Meat-eating and the environment, anti-Semitism, domestic violence, property taxes

Meat can be climate-friendly, if the animals are raised right.
Letters
December 13, 2019
This undated photo provided by Electricite de France (EDF), France's state-run utility company, shows the current nuclear plant of Flamanville, Norman

Readers Write: Green energy, budget surplus, population trends

Green energy: Environmentalists shun solutions
Letters
December 13, 2019
Readers Write: On Katherine Kersten's criticism of the New York Times' '1619 Project'

Readers Write: On Katherine Kersten's criticism of the New York Times' '1619 Project'

Facing America's past.
Letters
December 12, 2019
FILE - In this March 19, 2019 file photo, the blades of wind turbines catch the breeze at the Saddleback Ridge wind farm in Carthage, Maine. Scientist

Readers Write: Environmental impacts of green energy, state budget surplus, Afghanistan Papers

More efficient green energy is the future.
Letters
December 11, 2019
At the Jackson County Developmental Achievement Center, Cathy Joy Schlager, center, loves spending time with friends and staffers like Tim Golda durin

Readers Write: Home caregivers, Afghanistan papers, St. Paul traffic, water pollution standards

We need caregivers, but barely pay them.
Letters
December 10, 2019
President Donald Trump, left, and Vice President Mike Pence attend a "homecoming" rally at the BBT Center in Sunrise, Fla., on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019.

Readers Write: Pence for president, Israel policy, Afghanistan papers, health care costs, polarization

Just let Pence be president already.
Letters
December 9, 2019
Kjersten Schladetzky and her sons William, 11, and Nelson, 8, were shot and killed at home on Sunday morning in south Minneapolis. Facebook photo.

Readers Write: Shooting deaths, Republican support for Trump, Minnesota's urban-rural divide

Shooting deaths are as American as apple pie.

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